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5 In the window that appears, choose how you want to organize the imported media in
your Event Library:
 To add the imported clips to an existing Event: Select “Add to existing Event,” and
choose it from the pop-up menu.
 To create a new Event: Select “Create new Event” and type a name (for example,
“Chris and Kim Wedding”) in the text eld; then choose the disk where you want
to store the Event from the “Save to” pop-up menu.
To learn more about Events, see “Events and clips overview” on page 57.
6 If you want to organize your media, transcode your media, analyze the video, or
analyze the audio, select the relevant checkboxes.
If you don’t set Final Cut Pro to analyze your media during the import process, you can
analyze it later (if necessary) in the Event Browser.
7 Click Import.
Final Cut Pro imports your media in the background. If you selected any options in the
previous step, Final Cut Pro transcodes and optimizes the les after the import process
is complete. You can view the progress of the background tasks in the Background
Tasks window.
8 To begin working with your clips, close the Camera Import window so you can access
the Event Browser.
You can create an archive from your le-based camera or device, recording everything
on the tape from beginning to end and saving the captured clips as an archive. For
more information, see “Create and manage camera archives” on page 488.
Reimport a clip
Two situations warrant reimporting a clip:
 If the clip was not completely imported: If you cancel or quit Final Cut Pro before an
import is nished, a Camera icon appears on the bottom-left corner of the clip.
This icon indicates that Final Cut Pro is using the media on the camera for playback
(instead of using the QuickTime le that was created during import).
Camera icon
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